Work Truck Magazine, December 2017

36 WORK TRUCK DECEMBER 2017 Equally important he said that a planned network of global high speed Direct Current DC charging stations would give the truck an additional 400 miles of range and compared that to the 15 to 20 minutes it takes to fill up a diesel powered Class 8 truck today adding that drivers are required to take rest breaks anyway Once youre done with your break Musk said your truck will be ready to go Fleets that use solar powered mega chargers would see tremendous savings he added since their trucks would be powered by sunlight while adding that the batteries receive additional electric energy through the trucks regenerative braking system which Musk said was so powerful drivers would rarely need to use the brake pedal Musk likely raised more than one eyebrow when he claimed that thanks to its optimized traction and instantaneous torque the new Semi would be able to go from 0 to 60 mph in five seconds without a trailer and 0 to 60 in 20 seconds when pulling a fully loaded trailer Equally important Musk said the unique characteristics of an electric powertrains torque delivery with no clutch actuation or gear shifts would allow the Tesla Semi to climb a 5 grade while maintaining a constant 65 mph Above Teslas allelectric Class 8 truck will feature a 500 mile range on a single battery charge and be able to go 0 to 60 mph in five seconds without a trailer attached AT A GLANCE The new Class 8 all electric truck from Tesla touts u A cabin built around the driver u High safety standards and jackknife prevention u Low cost of ownership u High reliability g TESLA REVEALED MORE DETAILS CONCERNING ITS NEW ALL ELECTRIC CLASS 8 SEMI In a scene reminiscent of a Rolling Stones concert in the 1960s Tesla CEO Elon Musk emerged from a silver Tesla Semi at a SpaceX hanger in Hawthorne Calif packed with raucous fans Details Emerge For starters Musk noted that the truck will feature a 500 mile range on a single battery charge which he said would allow fleets to go out to the middle of nowhere and return PHOTOS TESLA TESLA UNVEILS ALL ELECTRIC SEMI After quite a bit of speculation Teslas all electric truck has finally been unveiled and details and specs revealed BY JACK ROBERTS

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